For the first time in 7 years...

Well, I did it!  (Even though I never took my eyes off them :)  I bought peanuts!  I felt like they were watching me as I picked them up, put them in my cart, walked around the store with them, put them in my grocery bag, then into my car, then IN MY HOUSE! For 7 years I have not let anything come into my house that has even been processed with peanuts, and now they are in my kitchen! This is a good thing! But I still double bagged them and put them up high in the highest cupboard I could find! (Baby steps :) They sat there for 4 days until it was time to take them out to shell them for her appointment the next morning. Shelling them in my kitchen was actually easier than I thought. I was excited to be at this milestone of the process!

FIST WHOLE PEANUT!!!!!

A moment I thought would never be possible just happened...Kaylie just ate her FIRST WHOLE PEANUT!!!! The first thing she said was "it tastes like a sunflower seed" and she had a huge smile on her face! I of course was balling (happy tears of uncontrollable joy)! We have come so far in just a few short months. When we first started, I would get anxiety just being in the patient room that was decorated with Reece's peanut butter pictures and pillows  And now this brave girl just stared her peanut in the face and showed it who was boss! So proud of my Kaylie-bug and so grateful for a wonderful Dr. Douglas Jones!! Thank you for helping Kaylie take control of her own future!!

Three little peanuts!

Kaylie has made some life long friends! Zara (who's moved here from Australia to do OIT with Dr. Jones) and Braylee! These three have bonded because of their peanut allergies. They cheer each other on and support each other during each milestone as they travel through this OIT journey together. 

I'm so grateful for these three brave and beautiful girls!